Kadhalukku Mariyadhai was refreshingly different because Raja skilfully mixed the synth sounds with his trademeark live music (he was using Sa arangi after a very long time) and it was a welcome back to form, considering Rahman was ruling the roost with back-to-back hits.Almost all the songs in the album were very good with special mentions for Ennai Thaalatta and Oru Pattamboochi (which had the fantastic Saarangi interludes). To digress a bit, from the 90’s, Raja had changed his orchestration style as many composers were having “techno” music and he too adapted himself to the changing trend though sometimes his synth sounds were terrible. That was the time, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai had released and Ilaiyaraja’s music in it was quite different than his usual stuff. I started keeping an eye for new Ilaiyaraja songs from that time and I basically started enjoying good Tamil music, irrespective of the composer. When I started listening to the songs, I was captivated and realised that many of those songs were ones that I too loved and since I was small that time, I did not bother about who the composer was! Some of those songs were Sangeetha Megam, Rasathi Unna, Nilaave Vaa. I asked him for the songs of Ilaiyaraja and he gave me many of his audio cassettes. He said that there is another composer who has been composing for over 25 years and he was explaining about the genius of Ilaiyaraja and his achievements and I was very impressed. We became good friends and when we started discussing about music, I was raving about Rahman and his recent albums. I had a neighbour who lived next door who was also a music lover and he also used to play many Tamil songs and they were not just the Rahman ones but another composer. I remember those were the years when Kadhal Desam released and whenever the trailer was shown alongwith the songs, I was so happy and excited to listen to that refreshing music. The Hindi songs of those years were just okay compared to the fantastic stuff that ARR was churning out. Since I was in Jsr, there was only one Tamil channel, which was DD Podhigai and all others were Hindi channels. I was kind of homesick to listen to Tamil songs as that was the time when I started appreciating the nuances of orchestration, the depth of a tune etc and my music quotient started becoming mature. I was keenly following Tamil music during my Class X, especially after leaving Coimbatore and living at Jamshedpur (Jsr)in East India. I will take off exactly from where I left. I am posting after eons and I have made a resolution to blog regularly hereafter! In my opinion, this is one of the best SPB-Janaki duets ever. The whole song’s percussion is only on the Mridangam and this is where Raja’s shows his arrangement skills as it allows the voices to be at the forefront. This is followed by a short string and violin piece leading to the second stanza. The second interlude has Mridangam solo, Veena and an extended flute piece (flute seems to sound amazing for this particular raga). The stanza as usual is as brilliant as any Raja tune. It goes back to the stringed instrument and ends with the flute again. This is followed by a magical flute piece, guitar and cascading strings. The first interlude has a dilruba (violin-like instrument), santoor and strings in the background. It starts with melodious humming by SPB and goes into the main tune. It’s one of the most haunting songs you will ever hear. It’s also rare because it’s composed in a very rare raga called Mallika Vasantham. The song today is one of Ilaiyaraja’s rare Kannada songs. This song is based in Madhyamavathy raga and Raja explores different dimensions of the raga.
Onna Paatha Neram: Once again its Chitra with Malaysia Vasudevan singing this happy-go-lucky tune, its sounds as if two children are singing to each other.The overall sound is so refreshing and unlike any typical Raja song.
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It seems to be based on the Mohanam scale and I believe this song was a huge hit when the movie (En Raasavin Manasile) was released. Paarijatha Poove: A fantastic song with a retroish feel, the choice of singers is also very apt (Surendar & Chitra).While listening to a few songs I felt they had a certain pure, innocent quality and feel to them and these are the songs that I will highlight. Be it happiness or sadness, inspiration or dejection, elation or shyness, you have a Raja song for every situation. Ilayaraja is one of the few composers who manages to manifest every known human emotion through his songs.
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